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" I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. "
The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany - Page 75
1822
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Letters from Europe, the journal of a tour through Ireland ..., Volume 2

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 pages
...forcibly brought to my mind a passage in fowper : " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." But when one reasons philosophically on the subject, there may be no cruelty in such an ignoble...
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English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 308 pages
...blush And hang his head, to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till ray ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd, 5. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price; I had...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have everearn'd. 5 No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I...
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The Historical Reader, Designed for the Use of Schools and Families: On a ...

John Lauris Blake - 1827 - 494 pages
...blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...all the wealth That sinews, bought and sold, have eve.' earn'd. No— dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 258 pages
...blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to til) my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have everearn'd. 5 No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Juit estimation priz'd above all price ; 1...
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The Medical Companion: Or Family Physician; Treating of the Diseases of the ...

James Ewell - 1827 - 868 pages
...a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And trembk when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. CowpEa. To mention no other fact, a strong proof of tlie, necessity of the frequent renewal...
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The Poetical Melange

1828 - 814 pages
...blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? \ would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much...
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The Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much...
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An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...

William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...blush And hang his head, to think himself a man 1I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earnVL. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I had much...
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...And hang his head, to think himself a man ? 25 I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews, bought and sold, had ever earn'd. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's 30 Just estimation prized above all price,...
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